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T1 The Paradigm of Complexity in Sociology. Epistemological and Methodological Implications
A1 Malaina Martín, Álvaro Miguel
A2 Bastardas, Albert
A2 Bel-Enguix, Gemma
A2 Massip, Angèls
AB This article seeks to present a unified frame of what we might call a “paradigm of complexity ” from the definition of Thomas S. Kuhn, i.e., as a paradigm that incorporates both a worldview and models of scientific realizations. This dual nature of the paradigm of complexity is expressed by Edgar Morin with the distinction drawn between a more epistemological “general complexity ” (complex thinking, second order cybernetics , autopoiesis , dissipative structures , etc.) and a more methodological “restricted complexity ” (complex adaptive systems , multi-agents systems , cellular automata , etc.). We pose the respective limitations of both approaches and the need for their integration into a common paradigm of complexity that incorporates inseparably philosophy and science. In the second part of our article we study the implications of the paradigm of complexity in sociology . We propose, as examples, a number of approaches to the social , both epistemological and methodological, from the perspective of the “general complexity ” and from the perspective of the “restricted complexity ”.
PB Springer
SN 978-3-030-04596-8
YR 2019
FD 2019
LK https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115115
UL https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/115115
LA spa
NO Malaina, A. (2019). The Paradigm of Complexity in Sociology: Epistemological and Methodological Implications. In: Massip-Bonet, À., Bel-Enguix, G., Bastardas-Boada, A. (eds) Complexity Applications in Language and Communication Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04598-2_3
DS Docta Complutense
RD 8 abr 2025